Work & commute · Choteau

Work & commute in Choteau, MT

About one in 3 of Choteau’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Great Falls (7%), Billings (3%) and Missoula (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36%

189 of 526 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 337 Choteau residents head out of town to work, 189 work right here, and 308 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Choteau.

337live here, work elsewhere

189live and work here

308work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Choteau goes to work

Choteau (in town)right here

36%189

Great Falls46.2 mi away

7%37

Billings221.3 mi away

3%18

Missoula108.1 mi away

3%17

Conrad27.1 mi away

3%16

Helena84.5 mi away

3%15

Fairfield16.5 mi away

2%8

Bozeman156.6 mi away

2%8

Bynum12.4 mi away

1%7

Shelby49.8 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%206

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Choteau commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

43%

15%

27%

43%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Choteau is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Choteau are

497 jobs are based in Choteau. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Choteau’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Choteau

497 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Choteau residents hold

526 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−29%

Jobs based in Choteau, 2013 → 2023: 699 → 497. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.